When picking which platform to play Dragon’s Dogma 2 on, be aware that PC players get the best choice of options, thanks to this being the first game from Capcom to ship with DLSS and FSR3, offering enhanced image quality over consoles. However, CPU and memory impacts remain the biggest cause for concern in performance, which highlights why the team has pushed settings and resolution as high as possible on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. No matter what, the frame rate is going to drop to sub-30fps when you’re in town, and so a closer hold to that benchmark with better image quality is their aim, rather than large spikes from 60 to 30 and degraded image quality the whole time. This is where they need to improve, as even at the lowest setting on PC we leave 70% or more GPU performance on the table and still run under 30fps. If I was a betting man I would suspect over the next two months or so patches will come that improve the consistency, if not the overall performance, across the board. If you’re sensitive to frame rate fluctuations it may be worth giving them that time before embarking on this majestic journey, because the performance issues that are along for the ride at the moment could be enough to ruin that adventure. – Michael Thompson, March 20, 2024
